The Black Cannon Incident
A key 5th Generation job launched during the 2nd phase of Deng Xiaoping's social and financial reforms, this durable social witticism delightfully depicts the clash in between the increasing course of fast industrial modernizers and also old Event staffs with a severe Cultural Transformation hangover. The film chronicles the Kafkaesque predicament of a bumbling factory translator that is presumed of commercial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is obstructed by a militant snoop. (The "black cannon" of the title refers to the missing chess item the hapless hero is trying to locate.) Placed under examination and reassigned to a much less sensitive department but never educated of the reason for his demotion, he applications to get his work back, sparking a significantly obtuse and also amusing series of Event conferences, set in a conference room right out of German Expressionism.
Released: 1985-01-01